Brief Life History of Anna Elizabeth
When Anna Elizabeth Hoffman was born on 5 August 1834, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, her father, Abraham Hoffman Jr., was 41 and her mother, Ann Post, was 32. She married John Salisbury Burhans on 8 June 1854. She lived in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America for about 25 years. She died on 22 September 1884, at the age of 50, and was buried in Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States.
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- Anna E Burhans in household of Jacob Burhans, "United States Census, 1860"
- Anna Elizabeth Hoffman Burhans, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna E Burhans, "United States Census, 1870"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Hoffmann or Hofmann and a variant of the Jewish name. Compare Hofman 2.
Dutch: variant of Hofman 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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